Robert Thompson is the creator of Fantasy Book Critic. Before FBC, he worked in the music industry editing Kings of A&R and as an A&R scout for Warner Bros.

An avid reader as far back as he can remember, Robert grew up on comic books and horror novels before Tolkien flamed his passion for fantasy. Favorite authors range from Steven Erikson, George R.R. Martin, Jacqueline Carey and Robin Hobb to Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, James Rollins, Charlie Huston and many others.

Besides reading and music, Robert also loves video games, football, and art. He lives in the state of Washington with his wife Annie and their children Zane and Kayla.

By day, Cindy works as an online freelance content writer for websites and helping with Internet marketing. When she isn't working or reading, Cindy loves to pursue dance and play on the Wii. Cindy currently lives in the state of Washington.

In addition to the usual Reviews, Cindy provides a ton of behind-the-scenes work for FBC including editing, website maintenance/design, and setting up/running FBC’s Facebook page.

Born and raised in Mumbai, India. Mihir Wanchoo is a physician and a Masters graduate. He is an avid book collector and longtime reader of fantasy, thrillers and Indian mythology with additional interests in historical fiction and urban fantasy.

Mihir is also a diehard fan of the Indian Cricket team and Chelsea Football Club. Mihir currently lives in the Pacific Northwest with his family, and is ever looking forward to discovering new authors and old books.

Mihir is the newest member of the FBC team and helps out with Reviews, Interviews and managing FBC’s Facebook page as well as the Twitter page.

Liviu Suciu
hails from Bucharest, Romania where he was born and lived for
twenty-one years before leaving the country with a passion for free
speech and access to information.

Liviu’s
tastes as a reader are vast and diverse, ranging from 19th/early 20th
century classics, French adventure novels and all things Roman to
historical fiction and contemporary science fiction and fantasy.

About David Stewart: David was living as a mild-mannered librarian when one day he stumbled into a radioactive vat full of books and video games and was instantly transformed into Nerd Man. His powers include not being qualified (or interested) in having anything to do with the realities of life, and so he spends his time reading and writing and gaming, with occasional breaks for work and family. David named his daughter Coraline, proof that he has very little respect for normal society and is completely immersed in fantasy. His favorite authors include Grandfather Tolkien, Uncle Steve (Erikson), and that weird cousin with the crazy hair, Neil. He also loves trees and bears.

Lukasz Przywoski is an avid fiction reader from Poland. As a reviewer, he tries to be critical and thoroughly analyze books that he reads. As a result, he rarely gives 5 stars ratings - he reserves them to books that feel special. Apart from being keen on reading and inhabiting imaginary worlds, his biggest passion is the science of movement and movement in multiple forms. Life without sport and books wouldn't be worth living.

While fantasy is his favourite genre, he tends to read pretty broadly and is always eager to try new things.

Favourite authors include Terry Pratchett, Jim Butcher, Mark Lawrence, Craig Schaefer, Seth Skorkowsky, Matt Suddain and many others. He's also active on r/fantasy as barb4ry1. He can be found on Goodreads as well.

About Justine Bergman:

When Justine isn’t making websites, she’s ravenously consuming as many dark fantasy stories as humanly possible, and can usually be found with a book in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. As someone who discovered her love for reading later in life, she reads abundant amounts of fantasy and science fiction, in hopes of preventing her to-be-read pile from crushing her to death. She's a gamer that works for a video game company, and she spends far too much time in Tamriel. Justine lives in New Jersey with her lovely husband and their three gorgeous pups.

Hailing from sunny Southern California, Caitlin grew up devouring Animorphs, Tamora Pierce, and all things Star Wars. When she rediscovered her love of reading sci-fi/fantasy in her adult years, she soon began blogging (if only to spare her roommate her excited rants every time she finished an amazing book).

Some of her favorite authors include Fonda Lee, Robert Jackson Bennett, K.B. Wagers, Brandon Sanderson, and Becky Chambers. When not reading, Caitlin can usually be found gaming in one form or another, whether it be video games, board games, or plotting her latest escapades in D&D. Caitlin can be found on Twitter over here.

Other contributors, past and present, include David Craddock, Fábio Fernandes, and Jacques Barcia.

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